Genealogy

Looking for Someone Laid to Rest at Mount Hope?

Many of Mount Hope’s interment records have been converted to electronic formats and some information is available online. If you’re searching for an ancestor, cemetery interment records through 2002 may be found at the University of Rochester's cemetery records web site. The Rochester Genealogical Society, Inc.'s web site houses digitized plot maps for Mount Hope Cemetery on their web site for (Sections A-M) and (Sections MM-Y). The cemetery office is equipped with a computer station that you may use to access these databases.

If your search is unsuccessful, the Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery perform genealogical look-ups as a free, volunteer service. Requests are typically responded to in 10-14 working days. Request a genealogical look-up from the Friends.

The cemetery staff is available to provide information on more recent interments along with maps to the interment locations.